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fisheries. Program components include 

quota share allocation, processor quota 

share allocation, individual fishing 

quota and individual processing quota 

issuance, quota transfers, use caps, crab 

harvesting cooperatives, protections for 

Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries, 

arbitration system, monitoring, 

economic data collection, and cost 

recovery fee collection. 

II. Method of Collection 

On paper (faxed or mailed) or 

electronically. The Annual RCR ExVessel Volume and Value Report, Crab 

Inter-Cooperative IFQ Transfer, and 

Transfer of Crab IPQ may be completed 

online. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0514. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular Submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,920. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2.5 

hours for Application for Crab 

Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) permit; 

2.5 hours for Application for Crab 

Individual Processor Quota (IPQ) 

permit; 2.5 hours for Application for 

annual crab harvesting cooperative IFQ 

permit; 30 minutes for Application for 

Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) permit; 

35 minutes for Application for crab IFQ 

hired master; 35 minutes for 

Application for Federal crab vessel 

permit; 2.5 hours for Application to 

become an eligible crab community 

organization (ECCO); 2 hours for 

Application for eligibility to receive 

Crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ by transfer; 2 

hours for Application for transfer of 

Crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ; 2 hours for 

Application to transfer QS/IFQ to or 

from an ECCO; 2 hours for Application 

for Transfer of IFQ between Crab 

Harvesting Cooperatives; 30 minutes for 

RCR fee submission form; 40 hours for 

Right of First Refusal Provisions 

(ROFR); 30 minutes for ROFR Waiver; 

and 4 hours to file an appeal to NMFS 

Permit Decisions. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,472. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $ 12,425 in recordkeeping/ 

reporting costs. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: January 13, 2011. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–957 Filed 1–18–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Alaska Region; 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab 

Arbitration 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before March 21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Patsy A. Bearden, (907) 586– 

7008 or patsy.bearden@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This is an extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

The Crab Rationalization Program 

allocates Bering Sea and Aleutian 

Islands (BSAI) crab resources among 

harvesters, processors, and coastal 

communities through a limited access 

system that balances the interests of 

these groups who depend on these 

fisheries. Program components include 

quota share allocation, processor quota 

share allocation, individual fishing 

quota and individual processing quota 

issuance, quota transfers, use caps, crab 

harvesting cooperatives, protections for 

Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries, 

arbitration system, monitoring, 

economic data collection, and cost 

recovery fee collection. 

The Crab Rationalization Program 

Arbitration System is established by the 

contracts required pursuant to 50CF 

680.20, including the process by which 

the Market Report and Non-Binding 

Price Formula are produced, as well as 

the negotiation approaches, the Binding 

Arbitration process, and fee collection. 

II. Method of Collection 

Responses are mailed, except the 

Non-Binding Price Formula Report may 

be submitted electronically. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0516. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular Submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

49. 

Estimated Time per Response: Market 

Reports and Non-Binding Price Formula 

Reports, 40 hours each; Annual 

Arbitration Organization Reports, 4 

hours; Miscellaneous Organization 

Reports, 1 hour; establishing price for 

arbitration negotiations, 45 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 743. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $ 5,374 in recordkeeping/ 

reporting costs. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

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clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: January 13, 2011. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–956 Filed 1–18–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA153 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic and 

Gulf of Mexico; South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s Scientific and 

Statistical Committee will hold a 

meeting of its SSC to discuss the 

findings of its Socio-Economic subpanel. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The meeting will be held March 

3, 2011, via conference call. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by 

conference call from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., 

EST on Thursday, March 3, 2011. 

Listening stations are available at the 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive #201, 

North Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 

571–4366; e-mail: 

Kim.Iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorized Act, 

the SSC is the body responsible for 

reviewing the Council’s scientific 

materials. The SSC will discuss 

recommendations of the Council’s 

Social and Economic Sciences subPanel and develop recommendations for 

Regulatory Amendment 9 to the 

Snapper-Grouper Regulatory FMP. The 

amendment addresses commercial trip 

limits alternatives for greater amberjack, 

vermilion snapper, black sea bass, and 

gag. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 3 

business days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: January 12, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–941 Filed 1–18–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA133 

National Annual Catch Limit Science 

Workshop; Meeting Announcement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a workshop 

which will focus potential areas of 

improvement in scientific information 

needed to support Annual Catch Limits 

(ACL) and Accountability Measures 

(AM). The meeting will be held on 

February 15–17, 2011, at the Crowne 

Plaza, Silver Spring, MD. Meeting topics 

are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

February 15–17, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Crowne Plaza, Silver Spring, 8777 

Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, 

telephone 1–877–270–1393. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Methot, Office of Science and 

Technology, NMFS at 

richard.methot@noaa.gov, or at (206) 

860–3365. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA 

Fisheries Service is announcing a 

National Annual Catch Limit (ACL) 

Science Workshop on February 15–17, 

2011, in Silver Spring, MD. The meeting 

will be held in conjunction with the 

regional Fishery Management Councils 

(Councils) and will involve NOAA 

Fisheries Service staff, Council 

representatives and nationally 

recognized fishery science experts. 

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(MSA) was amended in 2007, to include 

a requirement to implement ACLs and 

accountability measures in the nation’s 

fisheries. This mandate, and the 

subsequent update of National Standard 

1 Guidelines, substantially changed the 

nature and amount of data needed to 

manage the nation’s fisheries. The 

workshop will focus on scoping 

potential improvements in the state of 

scientific information needed to support 

implementation of the MSA, 

particularly the determination and 

implementation of Annual Catch Limits 

(ACL). The scope of this science issues 

associated with ACLs is quite broad, 

and not all topics can be fully covered. 

The proposed topics to be addressed 

include: 

• Identifying data needs, and related 

costs, of conducting additional stock 

assessments. 

• Calculating and communicating 

uncertainty in stock assessments. 

• Considering socio-economic and 

ecosystem considerations, in the 

definition of optimum yield. 

• Developing cost-effective 

approaches to developing ACLs and 

AMs for data-poor stocks. 

• How to best use cooperative 

research programs to augment needed 

data. 

• Coordinating the roles of Science 

Centers, SSCs, and peer review systems 

in providing the best scientific 

information available. 

• Identifying improvements to 

commercial and recreational fishery 

monitoring programs to provide 

scientists and managers with the data 

they need. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting location is physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mark Nelson at 

(301) 713–2341 at least five working 

days prior to the meeting. 

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